In re Salander

MEMORANDUM DECISION PROHIBITING WELLS FARGO FROM ASSERTING THE SETTLED FORGERY CLAIM OR ANY OTHER ESTATE CLAIMS IN STATE COURT

CECELIA G. MORRIS, Chief Judge.

First Republic Bank (“First Republic”) filed a motion to compel Wells Fargo Bank (“Wells Fargo”) to comply with the automatic stay and prior bankruptcy court rulings, and asks that the Court direct Wells Fargo to withdraw state court pleadings that assert the Debtor’s forgery claim and other claims of the estate. Wells Fargo argues that it is free to assert a claim of forgery in state court since it received no benefit from the settlement…